A poignant story of a crew adrift in the North
Atlantic Ocean after their fishing boat has sunk.
The crew have escaped in two dories and are
running low on supplies and have been drifting
further and further from where they sank.
There is no sign of rescue. These men are the
husbands, fathers, brothers, sons and lovers of
those left on shore. Each of them understands
the risks of their vocation and knows others
who never saw land again. Mirages of rescue
appear and disappear as they fight to overcome
hunger, thirst and pain. In their struggle to
survive they come to realize it is not only the
ocean they must conquer, but also themselves.
Although originally from the prairies, director
Shandi Mitchell has managed to capture both
the beauty and brutality of the ocean in all its
terrible majesty.